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Publication Date: 2007-Aug
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Do Touch: Physical Contact and People Who Have Severe, Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties
Hewett, Dave
Support for Learning, v22 n3 p116-123 Aug 2007
Dave Hewett PhD. is well known within the education and care fields for his invaluable work on communication with both children and adults who have severe and profound learning difficulties (with or without autism). However, because his work until recent times has tended to occur within more segregated services, he is only now becoming known to staff working in mainstream education as the children with more severe learning and communication difficulties are beginning to receive inclusive schooling. In this article he shares his thoughts, backed up with research, on the importance of touch for us all, but focusing on the reasons this needs special attention for those who have profound additional disabilities. Before concluding, the author offers us some very useful tools when working with children where touch and intensive interaction may be part of a teaching programme to help in building a relationship, and opening early communication channels.
Descriptors: Autism, Mainstreaming, Special Needs Students, Interpersonal Relationship, Mental Retardation, Educational Practices, Severe Disabilities, Interpersonal Communication, Nonverbal Communication, Interaction, Educational Methods
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Language: English
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